Description: This garment was originally purchased by Historic Deerfield founder Helen Geier Flynt (1895-1986) as nine pieces of 18th-century painted silk, woven and decorated in China for the Western market . In 1967, Flynt had her cook and seamstress Margaret Wood construct this version of an 18th-century robe a la francaise, or sack-back gown. Selvage width of the fabric is 29", a characteristically wide width for 18th-cetnury dress silks, further suggesting Chinese origins.
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